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"Montevil21" has won the 2022 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event in Casino de Marrakech. It's the first time since the pandemic that the Es Saadi resort held a big poker festival and the success was obvious. "Montevil21" defeated a field of 426 entries, including 192 reentries, to collect the first place prize of DH 1,000,000 Moroccan (€100,000) and the trophy.

Recreational player Ahmed Bourma ended up in second place for DH 700,000 (€70,000), in the same place where he started the day, while regular player of the Marrakech Casino, Said Haho , was eliminated in third place for DH 475,000 (€47,500).

At 2 p.m., 12 out of 429 players returned to Casino de Marrakech with each of them already guaranteed DH 63,000 (€6,300) for surviving two days. As for Day 1 and Day 2, "Montevil21" was leading the way and never found himself endangered during the whole day of play.

Most eyes were on WSOP champion Jean-Luc Adam , who was amongst the short stacks at the start of the final day and didn’t find any good run to finish in 12th place for DH 63,000 (€6,300). He was followed at the payout desk only a few seconds later by Mohamed Ait Chaib and Ali Ait Al Haj to set up the final table setting.

"Montevil21" was one of three Spanish players left in the field at the start of the day, the others being "David" who finished his run in ninth place and "OCD", who managed to navigate with a short stack for a few hours to eventually lose his last chips against his fellow countryman, "Montevil21", for DH 230,000 (€23,000).

Rakesh Lalwani , despite many double-ups at the end of Day 2, was next to join the rail when he shoved his pocket jacks against Mounim Kaddouri who had nothing else but pocket aces. It was Lalwani's third final table of the week, after good scores in The Opener and the High Roller.

Haho was responsible for the next departures, with the eliminations of Bachir Moutki and Muhammed Hakim in seventh and sixth place, allowing Haho to claim a temporary chiplead over "Montevil21".

Kaddouri made his way to the payout desk only 30 minutes later when he lost his last ten big blinds with ace-six while Bourma's ace-king held on a dry board. The only French player of the final table received DH 335,000 (€33,500) for his efforts.

Three-handed play started out as a nervous affair. It took more than a level and a half to lose the first player, Haho, who shoved preflop with ace-jack but only to find pocket jacks in "Montevil21"'s hand.

With that, heads-up play began with "Montevil21" with 9,700,000 in chips compared to Bourma’s 3,600,000. It didn’t take long for all of the chips to make their way to the middle, when Bourma ended up calling all in with ace-ten after a three-bet from "Montevil21" who held ace-king, and didn't find a double-up.

And so it came to pass that "Montevil21" secured the Main Event title, the €100,000 in winnings and the trophy to cap off what has been a hugely enjoyable Marrakech Poker Open.

PokerNews will be back on Moroccan soil in January as action will heat up again for the WSOP Circuit Event. See you soon in the sunny and colorful city of Marrakech!

Tags: Ahmed BourmaBachir MoutkiDiego SarmientoJean-Luc AdamMohamed Ait ChaibMounim KaddouriMuhammed HakimRakesh LalwaniSaid Haho

Ahmed Bourma opened to 375,000 and faced an all in raise from Montavil21, putting his stack worth 3,300,000 at risk. Bourma went deep into the tank and eventually announced the call:

Bourma had the bad surprise to see he had the dominated hand, and couldn't hit throughout the board , to finish his run in second place for DH 700,000 (€70,000) while Montavil21 claimed the trophy.

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Ahmed Bourma called with and Montevil21 checked his option with .

The flop appeared and Montevil21 check-called Bourma for 300,000. On the turn, Montevil21 check-folded this time after a bet worth 500,000 from Bourma.

Ahmed Bourma raised to 250,000 with and Montevil21 defended his big blind with .

The both checked on the flop and the hit the turn. Montevil21 bet 425,000 and Bourma quickly called. On the river, Montevil21 fired 975,000 but Bourma preferred to let it go this time.

Ahmed Bourma raised to 300,000 with in his hands and Montevil21 decided to defend with .

Both checked throughout the board and a came on the river. Montevil21 led out for 275,000 and Bourma chose to raise it to 750,000, quickly called by Montevil21.

On a monotone flop , Montevil21 bet 100,000 with for two pair and called a raise worth 300,000 from Ahmed Bourma who held .

The turn was the and this time Montevil21 check-called for 500,000.

The appeared on the river, giving the flush to Bourma and Montevil21 checked gain. Bourma sent 825,000 in the middle and after some consideration, Montevil21 mucked his cards.

The remaining two players are on a short 20-minute break before returning to battle.

"Montevil21" Wins Marrakech Poker Open Main Event 5 days 6 hours ago

Ahmed Bourma Eliminated in 2nd Place for DH 700,000 (€70,000) 5 days 7 hours ago

Said Haho Eliminated in 3rd Place for DH 475,000 (€47,500) 5 days 9 hours ago

Huge Double Up for Montevil21 5 days 10 hours ago

Haho Takes the Chipleader Seat 5 days 10 hours ago

Mounim Kaddouri Eliminated in 4th Place for DH 335,000 (€33,500) 5 days 12 hours ago

OCD Eliminated in 5th Place for DH 230,000 (€23,000) 5 days 12 hours ago

Muhammed Hakim Eliminated in 6th Place for DH 170000 (€17,000) 5 days 13 hours ago

Bachir Moutki Eliminated in 7th Place for DH 137,000 (€13,700) 5 days 13 hours ago

Rakesh Lalwani Eliminated in 8th Place for DH 110,000 (€11,000) 5 days 14 hours ago

David Eliminated in 9th Place for DH 90,000 (€9,000) 5 days 15 hours ago

Start of the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event 5 days 17 hours ago

Ali Ait Al Haj Eliminated in 10 th Place for for DH 74,000 (€7,400) 5 days 18 hours ago

Mohamed Ait Chaib Eliminated in 11th Place for DH 74,000 (€7,400) 5 days 18 hours ago

Jean-Luc Adam Eliminated in 12th Place for DH 63,000 (€6,300) 5 days 18 hours ago

Who Will Be Crowned As 2022 Marrakech PokerOpen Main Event Champion? 5 days 21 hours ago

Diego Sarmiento Takes Chip Lead Into the Final Day 6 days 7 hours ago

Pollet Eliminated in 14th Place for DH 63,000 (€6,300) 6 days 8 hours ago

Dermican Eliminated in 15th Place for DH 55,000 (€5,500) 6 days 9 hours ago

Barkallah Eliminated in16th Place for DH 48,000 (€4,800) 6 days 10 hours ago

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